Well, I don't think the plumber would be interested....I just paid mine $700 for two hours worth of work, now, not to give anything away, but I've never gotten that rate ;) Leah
----- Original Message ---- From: Chuck Boucos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Michael Mattias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; EDI-L <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 8, 2006 2:23:40 PM Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Mercator/Ascential/Websphere ....just what we need.... Sonofagun... Here I've been making a darn good living supporting a Product that my Plumber could have used just as effectively. Hope my clients don't see this. The only thing this new iteration DOESN'T do is address the needs of the typical small/medium business who can't afford the $(6 x 10 to the forty-third) it takes to buy it. It's still the best tool out there, but it's no longer available to those who really need it. Ahhh, for the Good Old Days of TSI and Mercator Desktop.... 'Optimistic' ?? You said a mouthful, Michael. Chuck Boucos Willow Farm Solutions http:\\www.willowfa rmsolutions. com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] com] On Behalf Of Michael Mattias Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:34 AM To: EDI-L Subject: [EDI-L] Mercator/Ascential/ Websphere ....just what we need.... Well, it's official... The Mercator/Ascential/ Websphere TX mapping product has yet another new name... http://www-306. ibm.com/software /integration/ wdatastagetx/ features/ index.html And if this incarnation of the mapping product is at all similar to its previous lives, I find this entire IBM-created paragraph a tad, shall we say, "optimistic? " "A programming- free environment. ..." Michael Mattias Tal Systems, Inc. Racine WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com .... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
